Battling criticism over repeated hooch tragedies, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar now wants drones and trained dogs to detect illegal stashes of tipplers’ delight to effectively enforce the prohibition law. Kumar asked officials of the excise and prohibition department to explore the possibility of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), called drones in popular language, dog…
Tribune News Service | Ambika Sharma | Solan,January 28 The State Taxes and Excise Department (STED) has failed to regulate and set up an excise policy to check inter-state and intra-state smuggling and illicit liquor trade. The measure was supposed to strengthen field enforcement units to check illicit liquor trade, which causes revenue losses to…
The Himachal Pradesh Excise Department Monday suspended the licence of a liquor plant located at Galu in Mandi. “On 18th January, 2022, the bottling plant located at Galu, Jogindernagar in district Mandi was inspected by the officials of the Excise Department and some irregularities have been found in it during the inspection and today, after…
The Bihar government has proposed certain amendments in the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act aimed at easing the burden on courts and overcrowding in jails. According to the draft amendments, which would be introduced in the coming budget session of the Bihar legislature, a new provision in section 37 of the Act will be made…
Lucknow: During the ongoing enforcement drive to curb manufacture, sale and distribution of illicit liquor in view of assembly elections, the excise department has seized 4,248 litre of liquor, arrested 85 persons and filed 191 FIRs, said additional chief secretary, excise, Sanjay Bhoosreddy. Two vehicles have also been confiscated during the drive. Excise commissioner Senthil…
Amid protests in the tribal society, the West Bengal excise department has decided to scrap plans to launch a brand of country liquor, called ‘Jhumur’. The department recently issued an order saying that the brand would not be introduced in the market. Recently, the department had decided to launch the product, to be sold at…
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar clashed with Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav at the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, sparked by a row over liquor bottles that were found on the premises of the legislative Assembly earlier in the day. As Yadav demanded the resignation of the chief minister questioning the integrity of the liquor ban…
The police-smuggler nexus has again come to the fore after cops in Rajpura Sadar police station were allegedly found selling extra neutral alcohol (ENA) recently. While an ASI posted as munshi in the police station Sarabjit Singh has been dismissed, SHO Gurpreet Handa faces a departmental probe after being suspended. Senior officials said Sarabjit also…
VIJAYAWADA: A constable and another man were arrested on Thursday for allegedly smuggling liquor from Telangana in a patrol vehicle at Dachepalli check-post in Guntur district on Wednesday night. The accused constable, identified as Shravan Kumar and attached to Vadapalli police station, was apprehended while he was attempting to bypass the security by driving the…
(Image: For Representation Purpose Only) PATNA: One day after review of the implementation of the state’s prohibition policy done by CM Nitish Kumar, the RJD brass led by leader of opposition in the state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday mocked the exercise and the decisions taken. They even fell short of demanding that the…